Question

Here’s my code in a gridview that is bound at runtime:

... <asp:templatefield>     <edititemtemplate>         <asp:dropdownlist runat='server' id='ddgvOpp' />     </edititemtemplate>     <itemtemplate>         <%# Eval('opponent.name') %>     </itemtemplate> </asp:templatefield> ... 

I want to bind the dropdownlist ‘ddgvOpp’ but i don’t know how. I should, but I don’t. Here’s what I have, but I keep getting an ‘Object reference’ error, which makes sense:

protected void gvResults_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) {     if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) //skip header row     {         DropDownList ddOpp = (DropDownList)e.Row.Cells[5].FindControl('ddgvOpp');         BindOpponentDD(ddOpp);     } } 

Where BindOpponentDD() is just where the DropDownList gets populated. Am I not doing this in the right event? If not, which do I need to put it in?

Thanks so much in advance…

Answer 1

Ok, I guess I’m just dumb. I figured it out.

In the RowDataBound event, simply add the following conditional:

if (myGridView.EditIndex == e.Row.RowIndex) {      //do work }